Manchester Law & Technology Conference 2026
Date: Thursday 2nd July
Time: 09:30 – 16:30
Location: No.1 Circle Square
Cost to attend: Free but you must register here.
The Manchester Law & Technology 2026 Conference returns for a one-day, cross-sector deep dive into the technologies reshaping legal services, financial infrastructure and regulation, and to explore possible collaborative business enterprise contributing to Northern UK economic development.
Set in Bruntwood’s Circle Square, the annual gathering convenes law firms, in-house legal teams, LegalTech founders, regulators, investors and academic researchers to move beyond the hype and focus on what’s changing now, and what’s coming next.
Across keynotes and panels, we’ll explore practical advances in generative AI and large language models, bias and responsible AI, regulatory trends in payments, and how digital public money and new payment rails are opening up fresh commercial and policy questions.
The programme also spotlights growth pathways for the North’s LawTech and FinTech ecosystem – new partnerships, investment opportunities, and the future skills legal and technology teams need to deliver trusted, scalable innovation.
Ideal for: LegalTech innovators, legal ops leaders, partners and barristers interested in tech at the Bar, compliance and regulatory teams, payments and fintech specialists, policymakers, and researchers.
Speakers and sessions include:
- Regulatory Trends with Technology, Chastity Murphy (US Treasury), Kristin Johnson (former head of CFTC)
- Economic Growth and digital public money technologies with the Post Office, Simon Youel, Eduard Karel de Jong, Chris Gevers (Director for Centre of Applied Legal Knowledge)
- National digital infrastructure, how do new technologies meet development goals, Michael Butera, Rwanda Government CTO.
- Tech at the Bar, Tom Gosling, 23ES ChambersInitiatives/opportunities for academic collaboration, with KTP case study – The University of Manchester
- LawTech UK – trends and opportunities update